Viktor Orbán has conceded in a speech to supporters, telling them: “The result of the election is clear and painful.”

I assume by “painful” he means “delightful”.

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    19 hours ago

    A great day for Europe. One of Putins most valuable assets in the EU has fallen. Also, I don’t think the Hungarian democracy would have survived another Orban term.

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      17 hours ago

      I just can’t help but wonder if this is some kind of ruse to replace the burned Orban with someone new and charismatic, he was one of Orbans after all

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        16 hours ago

        No need to be paranoid straight away. I will judge Magyar by his actions.

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          10 hours ago

          After all, his last name literally means ‘Hungarian’, it doesn’t get more sovereign than that. Otherwise it would be like if James USA turned out to be a foreign asset.

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          16 hours ago

          Yeah, I do feel kinda tinfoil hatty about it. Guess I’m just jaded, let’s see what they will do now that theyve won

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            6 hours ago

            His party became popular within two years. When Putin did it with his party there were enough people who pointed out that it was not organic.

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        17 hours ago

        I share the same gut feeling, maybe I have just grown cynical after everything that happened since Covid times.